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From PotEmUp: Upper right is 1996, when we bought the home. The back yard consisted of a dead christmas tree, a derilict pool (shown,) one rose bush and a rotting apple tree.
We did a total remodel (rebuild) and did not begin planting until 1999.
5 years and 500+ varieties later ...